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EYE ON MIAMI

• How Much was Spent Per Vote? By Geniusofdespair

  What is a vote worth? Julio Robaina spent $17 per vote and Carlos Gimenez spent $8.90. That doesn't include the millions spent in PAC's on the Mayoral Campaigns. I am all for them just giving us the money to vote instead of them spending money for annoying mailers and robo-calls.' [...]
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• City of Miami Municipal Building is Draped with a Big Fat Ad. By Geniusofdespair

  What a major embarrassment, draping a big sign advertising a TV show on a city building, Miami River Center (MRC). What does this say to the rest of the world? I think it says that Miami is a hokey city without pride. What would we all do if Washington D.C. [...]
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• The next war: Jeb Bush, the GOP, and the non-Hispanic white vote in South Florida ... by gimleteye

  In 1996 Art Teele, an African American county commissioner, ran for county mayor hoping to assemble the same majority in demographic proportions like those that propelled Carlos Gimenez to the county mayor seat over Julio Robaina this week. The theory was, that if Teele could pull moderate support from Hispanics, [...]
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• Very Funny Video on Our Tea Party Governor. By Geniusofdespair

  Thought you would all enjoy this video, hit on this link. [...]
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• New Mayor for Miami-Dade: Carlos Gimenez ... by gimleteye

  So a new mayor has been elected for Florida's most populous county. Now what? The Miami Herald does a good job summarizing the immediate challenges, noting the November 2012 cycle is around the corner. EOM knows that the special interests who backed Julio Robaina are not giving up. They [...]
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• The Victory Celebration for Miami Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez. By Geniusofdespair

  
  
  THIS IS A NEW BETTER VIDEO... VERY GOOD JOKE AT 1:14 ON THE COUNTER.
  
  Rebeca Sosa was the only County Commissioner at the victory party. Also conspicuously absent, besides the other Commissioners, was PBA Chief John Rivera.
  
  Our brave firefighters, among them are Robert Suarez, Rowan Taylor [...]
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• Miami Dade Mayoral Election Results. By Geniusofdespair

  Carlos Gimenez has 62,125 votes (51.7%) to Julio Robaina's 58,005 (48.29%). That is early voting combined with absentee ballots. No election day data is included. Results are still coming in.
  
  Robaina conceded!!!
  
  FINAL RESULTS:
  Carlos Gimenez - 51.1% 101,865 votes
  Julio Robaina - 48.9% 97,490 [...]
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• Election Day: Will be reporting from the road. By Geniusofdespair

  I did this picture in conjunction with a blog about the transit tax that turned into a boondoggle for taxpayers with "$900 million collected for new projects spent on bloated staff, outsized salaries and maintenance of existing operations." according to the Miami Herald. Carlos Gimenez sponsored legislation to end [...]
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• Mayoral Campaign Reports. By Geniusofdespair

  Between 6/4 and 6/23 Julio Robaina collected 954 donations totaling $351,960 bringing his grand total raised to $1.681,225. What a colossal waste of money. Carlos Gimenez collected $912,217 overall in the period from 6/4 to 5/23 he collected 813 donations totaling $280,079. Julio Robaina collected three quarters of a million [...]
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• VOTER TURNOUT IS THE KEY FOR A GIMENEZ WIN. By Geniusofdespair

  Get your friends and family to vote tomorrow for Carlos Gimenez. Robaina's got a killer absentee ballot machine going on and will win with a low turnout on election day. This is a link to Eye on Miami's Carlos Gimenez Endorsement. [...]
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